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Pomerol

Pomerol is the smallest of Bordeaux’s red wine producing regions, with only about 2,000 acres of vineyards. Located on the east side of the Dordogne River, it is one of the so-called “right bank” appellations and therefore planted primarily to Merlot. Pomerol is unique in Bordeaux in that it is the only district never to have been rated in a classification system. Some historians think Pomerol’s location on the right bank made it unattractive to Bordeaux-based wine traders, who had plenty of wine from Medoc and Graves to export to England and northern Europe. Since ranking estates was essentially a marketing ploy to help brokers sell wine, ranking an area where they did little business held no interest for them. Pomerol didn’t get much attention from the international wine community until the 1960s, when Jean-Pierre Moueix, an entrepreneurial wine merchant, started buying some of Pomerol’s best estates and exporting the wines. Today the influential Moueix family owns Pomerol’s most famous estate, Château Pétrus, along with numerous other Pomerol estates. Pomerol wines, primarily Merlot blended with small amounts of Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon, are considered softer and less tannic than left bank Bordeaux.

1966 Petrus

Light capsule condition issue; very top shoulder fill; light label condition issue

MB  *****   
WS  93   
3 available
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1979 Petrus

Capsule condition issue; signs of past seepage; very top shoulder fill; light label condition issue

WS  90   
JR  17   
MB  ****   

1981 Petrus

Light capsule condition issue; lightly elevated cork; light signs of past seepage; top shoulder fill; light label condition issue

JR  17.5   
MB  ****   

1983 Petrus

Light capsule condition issue; very top shoulder fill; label condition issue

WS  93   
MB  ****   

1983 Petrus

Capsule condition issue; lightly depressed cork; very top shoulder fill; label condition issue

WS  93   
MB  ****   

1985 Petrus

Light capsule condition issue; light signs of past seepage; light label condition issue

MB  *****   
WS  93   
3 available
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2003 Petrus

WS  98   
RP  95+    
ST  93+    
JR  18   

1982 Château La Conseillante

Light capsule condition issue; very top shoulder fill; light label condition issue

RP  94   
ST  93   
WS  92   

2009 Château La Conseillante

12-bottle Lot, Wood Case

VN  97   
JS  97   
WA  96   
WS  96   
JD  96   
CT  94.2   
JG  93   
JR  17.5   

1989 Château Clinet

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

RP  100   
2 available
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1989 Château Clinet

Lightly depressed cork

RP  100   

1995 Château Clinet

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

RP  96   
WS  92   
ST  90   

2017 Château Clinet

1.5ltr

WE  95   
JS  93   
JD  93   
WA  92-94   
JR  16   

2020 Château Clinet

6-bottle Lot, Wood Case

JS  98   
WA  94   
WS  93   

1990 Château Lafleur

Light capsule condition issue; light signs of past seepage; very top shoulder fill; light label condition issue

RP  97+    
VN  96   
CT  94.8   
DE  95   
WS  92   

2009 Château Lafleur

RP  99   
ST  98   
WS  95   

1981 Vieux Chateau Certan

Light capsule condition issue; very top shoulder fill; label condition issue

2015 Vieux Chateau Certan

1.5ltr

VN  100   
JS  100   
WA  98+    
WS  97   
2 available
Bid

2015 Vieux Chateau Certan

1.5ltr

Light capsule condition issue

VN  100   
JS  100   
WA  98+    
WS  97   

2014 Vieux Chateau Certan

12-bottle Lot, Wood Case

VN  97+    
JD  97   
WA  96   
WS  96   
CT  93.5   
JR  16   

1982 Château L'Evangile

Light capsule condition issue; lightly elevated cork; light signs of past seepage; base neck fill or better; light label condition issue

RP  98   
ST  95   
MB  ****   

1982 Château Trotanoy

Very top shoulder fill; light label condition issue

RP  94   
VN  94   
ST  94+    
WS  93   
MB  ****   

1995 Château Trotanoy

WS  97   
WA  96   
RP  93   
ST  93   

2004 Château Trotanoy

6-bottle Lot, Wood Case

Light label condition issue; Case condition issue

WS  90+    
ST  90+    
RP  89-90   

2014 Château Trotanoy

6-bottle Lot, Wood Case

WA  97   
JS  97   
VN  95   
JD  95   
JR  16   
2 available
Bid *